๐Ÿพ What Animal Lives Where

Where does the Light-mantled Albatross live?

Phoebetria palpebrata has 49,273 records in 20 countries and territories, from 1887 to 2026. Most records come from Antarctica.

Light-mantled Albatross
Light-mantled Albatross โ€” OKNZ / CC BY-SA 4.0 ยท source
AnimaliaChordataAvesProcellariiformesDiomedeidaePhoebetria

When it is recorded

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Peak month: January. Records cluster in the months an animal is present and being looked for, so a summer peak can reflect observer effort as much as the animal.

Where it is recorded

PlaceRecordsShare
Antarctica 13,020
South Georgia 4,554
Australia 3,883
New Zealand 2,850
South Africa 2,627
Heard & McDonald Islands 2,279
French Southern Territories 1,590
ZZ 1,532
Chile 643
Falkland Islands 208
Argentina 173
Saint Helena 75
Bouvet Island 7
United States 4
Brazil 3
United Kingdom 2
Norfolk Island 2
India 1
French Polynesia 1
Tonga 1

Related animals

Others in the family Diomedeidae.

Black-browed Albatross
Black-browed Albatross
328,423 records
Wandering Albatross
Wandering Albatross
176,658 records
Black-footed Albatross
Black-footed Albatross
126,685 records
Gray-headed Albatross
Gray-headed Albatross
76,260 records
Laysan Albatross
Laysan Albatross
67,460 records
Royal Albatross
32,515 records
Sooty Albatross
27,323 records
Yellow-nosed Albatross
Yellow-nosed Albatross
12,251 records
Status from the records: resident
Recorded across many years and months โ€” an established presence. This is inferred from how many years and months the animal appears in, not from a range map โ€” treat it as evidence, not a formal assessment.